Microstimulation of visual cortex affects the speed of perceptual decisions

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 891-898

  Ditterich, Jochen ^a   Mazurek, Mark E ^a   Shadlen, Michael N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0042532276     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1094     Document Type: Article

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